Wave-climate assessment by satellite remote sensing
Journal Article
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· Sea Technology
OSTI ID:121427
- SINTEF, Trodheim (Norway)
Satellite remote sensing based on radar altimetry and the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can be used for accurate ocean-wave climatology globally. The altimeter provides significant wave height and wind speed whereas SAR in principle gives the full wave spectrum. Over the next few years, altimeter-derived wave heights will become the basic data sources for open-ocean statistics and SAR, in combination with results from global wave models, will provide the corresponding directional statistics. In addition, SAR may be used for studying wave conditions in near coastal areas. In the Norwegian Sea and elsewhere, real-time SAT and altimeter data are now being used operationally for forecasting and assimilation into numerical wave models.
- OSTI ID:
- 121427
- Journal Information:
- Sea Technology, Journal Name: Sea Technology Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 36; ISSN 0093-3651; ISSN SEATAD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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